OVERVIEW

This bibliography lists papers on heat pipes and thermosyphons, which are not generally cited as references in the main text. In the main, they are related to interesting and recent uses of heat pipes, but a number of other papers, some of an older vintage, are included, where the authors believe that they may be of particular interest or relevance.

There are of course many online databases that have good search capabilities for heat pipe papers. Some of these are by subscription, such as http://www.sciencedirect.com and the Scopus Search Alert, but many academic institutions will subscribe to these, as will major companies and research laboratories.

Another major source of information on heat pipes and their uses is in the lists of patents. There are a number of patent databases now accessible online. Some allow free access to at least the patent abstract, based on a keyword search. Searches in all databases can be done on the basis of keywords for the technology, patent numbers, (where known), companies or inventors. Care should be taken in ascertaining where free access stops and charges begin, e.g. for ordering the full patent specification.

The UK Patent Office has its own web site, offering a variety of facilities. Free access to patent abstracts and other services is available: http://www.patent.gov.uk/

Once onto the UK Patent Office Home Page, directions to the patent search are given. On clicking on this, one is given access to the interface to the published patent application databases of the UK...